Sunderland will celebrate Brexit Day by lighting up some of it’s landmarks in red, white and blue. The city voted 82,394 in favour of leaving the EU compared to 51,930 who voted to remain. The referendum, which was in 2016, saw the stock market plummet while the pound decreased in… Continue reading
Sunderland AFC is a top level football club based in the North East of England, of course. At the present time, the club’s home is the Stadium of Light. Indeed, the magnificent arena sits on the old Wearmouth Colliery site and looks majestically over the River Wear. Here we see… Continue reading
Plans Are Under Way For Phase Three Of The Sunderland Cultural Quarter To begin with, the new phase of the Music, Arts and Cultural Quarter (MACQ) will be taking shape in 2016. This of course, will be injecting more life into the area close to the Sunderland Empire Theatre. Indeed… Continue reading
Sunderland High School Closure Falling pupil numbers to blame. Indeed, pupils at the privately funded Sunderland High School have fallen from 580 in 2006 to around 280 today! Firstly, Sunderland High School has been in existence for 130 years. Indeed, it is the oldest senior school for girls in the… Continue reading
Scotland Decides – My View From Wearside To begin with, I write this article because I love Scotland. Indeed, Scotland is not too far away from where I live in the the north east of England. The result of the independence referendum could also have an impact upon the north… Continue reading
OMG The Councils Can Sell Your Details Indeed, we reveal today that the councils can sell your details on and its quite legal for them to do so! Furthermore, Sunderland City Council can sell your details too! Firstly, councils have full government permission to sell on your details to companies… Continue reading
Calling All Wearside’s Ageing Rockers Indeed, the North East had a thriving punk scene in the 1970’s. With this in mind, a group of writers have decided to make a book on the subject. As a result, ageing rockers from Sunderland are in demand to come and reveal their memories.… Continue reading
Sunderland Rave Organisers Vow To Break The Rules Firstly, Sunderland City Council says Chris Bungoni cannot hold a rave event in a warehouse on Wearside. However, Bungoni has the determination to make it happen. Indeed, this is after already selling tickets for £10 each and selling over 100 so far.… Continue reading
Gillbridge Police Station To Close? To begin with, the main fire station in Sunderland is facing the axe due to the austerity cuts. However, it is now clear that we may now find that the main police station in Sunderland could also close. Indeed, Gillbridge Police Station is also facing… Continue reading
Extend The Metro Into Washington To begin with, a petition online has many hundreds of people calling for the Metro Rapid Transit System’s extension. Indeed, this is to add Washington to the grid. In fact, 900 people have signed up calling the authorities to extend the Metro into Washington. Sunderland… Continue reading
